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presence serving the City, you are eligible to offer this important service at an upcoming meeting of the City Commission. If you are willing to assist the City Commission in this regard, please send a written reply at your earliest convenience to the City Clerk of the City of Casselberry at the address included in this letterhead. Representatives are scheduled on a first-come, first - serve basis. The anticipated dates of the City Commission's regularly scheduled meetings for the upcoming year are listed on the following attached page. Speakers are invited on a rotation basis. We are unable to accommodate requests for specific dates. This opportunity is voluntary, and you are free to offer the invocation according to the dictates of your own conscience. To maintain a spirit of respect and ecumenism, the City Commission requests that the opportunity not be exploited as an effort to convert others to the particular,faith of the invocation speaker, or to disparage any faith or belief different than that of the invocation speaker. A copy of Resolution No. adopting the City Commission's policy regarding invocations is attached for your information. On behalf of the City Commission of the City of Casselberry, I thank you in advance for considering this invitation. Sincerely, City Clerk h. The respondents to the invitation shall be scheduled on a first-come, first - serve basis to deliver the invocation. i. In the event a representative of a group serving the local community believes that the City Clerk has not complied with the terms of this policy, the representative has the right to be heard at the Public Comments portion of a meeting by the City Commission. 4. Invocation speakers will not receive compensation for providing an invocation. 5. Neither the City Commission nor the City Clerk shall engage in any prior inquiry, review of, or involvement in, the content of any invocation to be offered by an invocation speaker. No guidelines or limitations shall be issued regarding an invocation's content, except that the City Commission requests by the language of this policy that no invocation should proselytize or advance any faith, or disparage the religious faith or non -religious views of others. Statements reflecting ideals relating to peace and security for the nation; safety of our armed forces, police, firefighters and emergency service personnel; wisdom for the lawmakers; and justice for the people are encouraged. The City Commission reserves the right to limit any 5